Bernardo Sorj


Bernardo Sorj is a Brazilian social scientist, retired professor of Sociology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He is Director of The Edelstein Center for Social Research and of the Plataforma Democrática Project. He has published 30 books in several languages and more than 100 articles, on Latin American political development, international relations, the social impact of new technologies, social theory and Judaism.

Biography

Sorj begun his studies in Social Sciences in Uruguay and completed his B.A. and M.A. in History and Sociology from the University of Haifa, Israel, and received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Manchester in England.
He is a naturalized Brazilian, living in Brazil since 1976. He was professor at the Department of Political Science at the Federal University of Minas Gerais and at the Institute for International Relations - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and visiting professor and chair at many European, Latin American and North American universities, including the Chaire Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, at the Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme, in Paris, and the Cátedra Simón Bolívar of the Institut des hautes études d'Amérique Latine - University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle.
He is a member of the board of several academic journals, advisor to scientific institutions and consultant to international organizations. He has been a visiting associate fellow at several research centers, including the Institute of Advanced Studies - University of Sao Paulo, Annemberg School University of South California, Brookings Institution and the Transatlantic Academy.
He is currently director of the Edelstein Center for Social Research and director of the Democratic Platform project at the FHC Foundation. Bernardo Sorj is the editor of the Journal of Democracy in Portuguese and Conexão América Latina.
In 2005 he was elected Brazil's Man of Ideas. In 2021 and 2023 his books In which world we live in? and Identities and the crisis of democracies were finalists for the Jabuti prize.

Personal life

In 1970, Sorj married Bila Grin, a fellow Latin American-Jewish student at the University of Haifa. They had one son, Pablo.

Books

2024
SORJ, B., ', Rio de Janeiro, Editora Garamond.
SORJ, B., FAUSTO, S,, ', São Paulo, Editora FFHC.
SORJ, B., FAUSTO, S,, ', São Paulo, Editora FFHC,
2022
  • SORJ, B. ' São Paulo: Plataforma Democrática.
  • SORJ, B. São Paulo: Plataforma Democrática.
  • SORJ, B. São Paulo: Plataforma Democrática.
2020
  • SORJ, B. São Paulo: Plataforma Democrática.
  • SORJ, B. São Paulo: Plataforma Democrática.
  • SORJ, B. São Paulo: Plataforma Democrática.
  • SORJ, B. . São Paulo: Plataforma Democrática.
2018
  • SORJ, B. et al., Sobrevivendo nas Redes - Guia do Cidadão. São Paulo: Editora Moderna.
2016
  • SORJ, B.; FAUSTO, S. . São Paulo: Plataforma Democrática.
2015
  • SORJ, B., TONELLO, G., VINTIMILLA, E., BELLETTINI, O., TORO, B., Sociedad, organizaciones y Estado: reflexiones y experiencias para un debate necesario. Quito: Grupo Faro.
  • SORJ, B., FAUSTO, S., . San Pablo: Plataforma Democrática.
  • SORJ, B., FAUSTO, S., . São Paulo: Plataforma Democrática.
2014
  • SORJ, B., MARTUCCELLI, O. O dilema Latino-americano. Kiev: Calvaria.
2013
  • SORJ, B.; FAUSTO, S.. . São Paulo. Plataforma Democrática.
  • SORJ, B., FAUSTO, S., . São Paulo: Plataforma Democrática.
2012
  • SORJ, B. . Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira.
  • SORJ, B.. . Buenos Aires: Catálogos S.L.R.
2011
  • SORJ, B.; FAUSTO, S. '. Rio de Janeiro: Plataforma Democrática.
  • SORJ, B. '. Rio de Janeiro: Plataforma Democrática.
  • SORJ, B.; FAUSTO, S.. . Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI.
  • SORJ, B.; FAUSTO, S.. '. Buenos Aires: Catálogos S.L.R.
2010
  • . São Paulo: Paz e Terra.
  • . Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira.
  • SORJ, B. Judaísmo para todos. Lisboa: Edições Cotovia.
2009
  • SORJ, B. Judaísmo para todos. Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI. .
2008
  • . Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI.
  • SORJ, B; MARTUCCELLI, D. . Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira.
2007
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2006
  • SORJ, B., BONDER, N. Judaísmo para el Siglo XXI - El Rabino y el Sociólogo. Buenos Aires. Lilmod.. .
2005
  • SORJ, B., La democracia inesperada. Preface by Guillermo O'Donnell. Buenos Aires: Bononiae University Press/Prometeo Libros.. .
  • Rio de Janeiro: Unesco - Editora Gramma.
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2004
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2003
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  • . Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Zahar.
2001
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2000
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1993
  • Rio de Janeiro, Imago. .
1990
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  • SORJ, B., La Biotecnología Industrial en América Latina. Rio de Janeiro, Fundação BIORIO.
  • SORJ, B., GOODMAN, D., WILKINSON, J., Da Lavoura às Biotecnologias: agricultura e indústria no sistema internacional. Rio de Janeiro, Campus. .
1989
  • SORJ, B., CANTLEY, M., SIMPSON, K., Biotechnology in Europe and Latin America: Prospects for co-operation, Kluwer, Dordrecht. .
1987
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1985
  • SORJ, B., CARDOSO, F.H., FONT, M., Economia e Movimentos Sociais na América Latina. São Paulo, Brasiliense. .
1983
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  • SORJ, B., TAVARES, M.H., Sociedade e Política no Brasil Pós-64. São Paulo, Brasiliense. .
1982
  • SORJ, B., POMPERMAYER, M., CORADINI, L., Camponeses e Agroindústria - Transformação Social e Representação Política na Avicultura Brasileira. Rio de Janeiro, Zahar. .
1980
  • SORJ, B., Estado e classes sociais na agricultura brasileira. Rio de Janeiro: Zahar. .
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